Ian Doescher /ˈdɛʃər/ (born 1977)[1] is an American fiction writer, best known as the author of the plays in the William Shakespeare's Star Wars series, parodic retellings of George Lucas's Star Wars films (1977–2005) in blank verse and 16th-century style of William Shakespeare.

in Music from Yale University, a Master of Divinity from Yale Divinity School, and a Ph.D. in Ethics from Union Theological Seminary.

The idea for WSSW came to him when he went to the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland shortly after reading Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.

After the first draft was shown to Lucasfilm, their response was "We like this and it’s fun, but we’d like to see Ian do more with it.

[2] On February 11, 2019, Doescher wrote the lyrics for the Star Wars parody of the Hamilton song "My Shot" for a YouTube video on his YouTube channel.